KARACHI: A soldier deployed in plainclothes in the Saddar area was shot dead late Wednesday when he intervened in an attempted robbery, police said.

According to police sources, suspected robbers shot and wounded two brothers, Mahesh and Pawan Kumar, in an attempted robbery while they were travelling in a rickshaw near Lucky Star.

The soldier intervened and managed to get hold of one suspect, who shot the soldier.

The injured soldier was initially taken to PNS hospital, where he died of bullet wounds to the chest, and was subsequently taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for a post-mortem.

"The body was brought to JPMC at 3am. He died of wounds to his chest," said head of emergency at JPMC Dr. Seemin Jamali.

The suspect was taken into custody and a case will be lodged, the sources said.